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BELT BUCKLE. APPLICAT-|0N FILED NOV. 22, |920..

Patented June 14, 1921.

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narrar ortie OEL IE. WARDNER, OF NEVI BBTAN, CGNNECTICUT, ASSEGNOR T0 TRAUT & HINE MFG. G0., OF NEW' IBRTAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION 0F CONNECTICUT.

G BELT-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented d une Mt, 192i.

Application filed November 22, 1920. Serial No. 425,733.

T 0 all whom it' may @once/m.'

Be it known that l, @EL E. VVrlrznNnn, a citizen of the United States ot America, residingat New Britain, Hartford county, Connecticut, have invented a new and use'ul Belt-Buckle, ot' which the following is a speeilieation.

My invention relates to an improved belt buckle, the object being to provide a very simple, inexpensive, and yet eiiectivemeans for adjustably holding a belt in any position of adjustment.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view ot the inside of a buckle embodying my invention. and eher-.fing the same in operation.

F 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section orn the several parts in belt gripping position.

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3 is a similar view of the same parte free position. 4 is a perspective view of details l represents the main body or iront plate of the buckle, which may be in the form ot a shield, suitably shaped and ornamented iie desired. 2 2 are rearwardly extending flanges at the upper and lower edges ot the plate l. Between these flanges, and preterably near one end of the buckle, are located passages tor two pivot pins 3 3. i is al cam preferablyY in the form of a roller trom the ends ot whih the pivot pins project, said pins being eceentriealiy located thereon. iii/"hen said rain roller stands in the position in Fig. 2, its surface will frirtionally engage the inner sur'tave ot the belt, pinching it tightly against the rear surface of the iront plate l. When the cam l is in the position shown in Fig. il, tie belt is free to be adjusted to and tro. 5 is belt attaching or operating lever which is provided with ears 6 6 which are freely pivoted on pins 3 3 at each end ot the cani ri" his lever may have any suitable means to which one end oit the belt 8 may be se'ured. 9 9 are guide ears which may be provided on the rear edges ot the flanges 2 2 near the opposite eno of the buckle from the cani Il. @n the Cain 4 is a knock off shoulder or pin l0. 11 is a shoulder on the lever 5 which may be provided if desired. the function ot which is to engage the pin l0 to dislodge the cam from the belt when the lever is swung from bet the position indicated in Fig. 2 to that indicated 1n lug. lily permitting the cam to I have a limited amount oil rotary movement independently oi? the lever 5 and vice versa, the buekleis self adaptable to belts ot' ditferent thickness without interfering with the position oit' the lever 5 when the belt is in place, that is to say, even though the belt is so thick that the cam l engages the same so as to stop turning before the lever 5 is straightened out to the position shown in Fig. 2, the said lever may continue to turn to the straightened out position, the edge ot the lever or the shoulder il leaving the pin l0. When it is desired to release the belt or readjust it, the lever 5 is swung back until it engages the pin 10, whereupon it will rotate the cam baekwardly so as to release the belt, so that the latter may be freely withdrawn, or readjusted as desired. rThe parts are few in number, simple, and easy to manufacture and assemble. lThe surface of the cam roller may be grooved, knurled, or otherwise roughened tor more etleetively engaging the belt than would a smooth surface.

By the arrangement shown. assembly of parts is easily accomplished. Ehe shape of the cam or belt g ping member lis such that the mere presence of the belt resting lightly tl on will cause sait gripping member toy revolve into the belt gripping position when the belt is pulled back. 'llhe curvature oi the sur-tace ot' the roller avoids cutting or otherwise injuring the belt.

llVhat l claim is:

In a belt buckle, the combination ot' a front plate having rearwardly extending along two opposite edges, a belt gripping roller having pivot pins fixed at opposite ends thereof, and located eccentrically thereto, and projecting into openings in said opposite Aflanges, a belt attaching lever having ears its opposite edges located ween the ends ot' said roller and the adjacent lianges and freely pivoted on said pivot joins, the belt engaging tace ot the roller being roughened, a shoulder on the roller arranged to be engaged by the beltV attaching lever when the latter is swung back to positively rotate said roller to its belt freeing position.

' OEL E. WARDNER, 

